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Spokane police say new efforts have slowed the rise in property crime rates, which have increased since 1985 despite national trends

By Jacob Jones and Lisa Waananen

Spokane crime rates in 2012 show nine out of every 100 city residents could expect to be victims in a property crime. While thefts and break-ins rarely make headlines, each crime shakes its victims, leaving them feeling violated and frustrated.

Are Spokane police’s emphasis patrols fighting crime, or just moving it around?

By Chris Stein

Green normally patrols a wide swath of southeast Spokane, but every shift, he takes an extra 15 minutes to patrol nine blocks surrounding the shelter. The area ranks among the highest in the city when it comes to calls about fights, robberies and other misdeeds, according to police data.

Why reporters are fighting to watch criminals die.

By Daniel Walters

He’s seen a needle pop out of a dying man’s arm, and the deadly solution squirt out. He’s seen an inmate smuggle a handcuff key in his mouth  and then spit it out before he was killed. He still recalls the look on convicted killer Gary Graham’s face as he prepared to die in 2000.